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OK OK....I know this may sound like one of those "can I get a terrible disease from a toilet seat?" kind of questions but...Is it possible to get bacterial prostatitis from using your aneros without cleaning it properly in between sessions?

I'm running out of anti-bacterial sex toy cleaning spray so have not been using it before starting a session, only after. I have a mildly sore butt and a very bad case of high anxiety. :/

The Aneros Wiki advises that we use an anti-bacteriological soap or detergent on our Aneros models before and after each use. As a resident of Washington, DC, USA, I use Dial Anti-bacteriological Soap on my Aneros models which is very effective. Just go to any drugstore or supermarket where you live.

1) simple soap and water is good enough. the rectum is not sterile. anything beyond that is just compulsion.

2) there is no pathway from the rectum to prostate infection. you would need to put the aneros in your urethra to infect your prostate.

3) anti-bacterial soap is evil. please stop buying it.

an emerging danger to you and your family's health is bacterial resistant to antibiotics. hospitals are becoming dangerous. for the last 80 years we have had the miracle of antibiotics but we are squandering it! antibiotics are vastly over-prescribed and are used in huge quantities in animal feed to promote growth. in twenty years when minor infections can't be treated we will look back at this and consider it a great crime against humanity.

The active ingredient in antibacterial soaps is triclosan, Here is an article that explains that it is no more effective than regular soap and also describes growing resistance to it in bacteria.If you look in the wikipedia article about triclosan you will see that it can help control MRSA, an otherwise resistant form of bacteria that can kill people with minor skin infections. If we lose triclosan effectivness where will we be?